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Boulder brain coral with signs of stony coral tissue loss disease

By Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Boulder brain coral with signs of stony coral tissue loss disease
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Boulder brain coral in St John, USVI, with signs of stony coral tissue loss disease 

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